What is an office building? Is it a physical structure made of bricks and mortar, glass and steel, or is it a place that companies utilize to bring all their staff together to facilitate the smooth operation of their organization? Is it both or could it be neither? This month Gartner’s annual Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies has selected three distinct technology trends – out of 2,000 – that organizations should track and begin to implement in order to stay competitive; transparently immersive experiences, the perceptual smart machine age and the platform revolution. While “the platform revolution”, which includes emerging technologies such as Blockchain, the Internet of Things (IoT) and quantum computing, will lay the foundations for our digital future. Transparently immersive experiences and the perceptual smart machine age have, in combination, direct and fundamental consequences for the underlying concept of the office building. Mike Walker, Gartner’s research director, highlighted the cloud as one of […]